#ourself

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#because #children #encounter #expecting #forever

Be good to yourself. Listen to your body, to your heart. We're very hard on ourselves, and we're always feeling like we're not doing enough. It's a terribly hard job. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#body #doing #enough #feeling #good

There's nothing, repeat, nothing to be ashamed of when you're going through a depression. If you get help, the chances of your licking it are really good. But, you have to get yourself onto a safe path. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#chances #depression #get #going #good

When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening. ↗

— David Walliams

#because #buy #chocolates #comfort #comfort food

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them. ↗

— Julie Walters

#birth #gave #i #identify #kids

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#force #friends #lever #make #up

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#age #always #back-up #find #i

When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#actor #away #because #crazy #energy

When you initially forgive, it is like letting go of a hot iron. There is initial pain and the scars will show, but you can start living again. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#forgive-your-enemies #forgive-yourself #forgiven #forgiveness-men-women #forgiving

Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#future #past #trap #yourself #forgiveness